[ADJ 形容词]商业的；贸易的Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
[usu ADJ n]
Docklands in its heyday was a major centre of industrial and commercial activity...
港区在其最繁荣的时期曾是主要的工商业活动中心。
Attacks were reported on police, vehicles and commercial premises.
据报道，警察、车辆和商业经营场所均遭到袭击。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](组织、活动)营利的，商业化的，偏重利润的Commercial organizations and activities are concerned with making money or profits, rather than, for example, with scientific research or providing a public service.
British Rail has indeed become more commercial over the past decade...
过去10年来，英国铁路确实变得更加商业化了。
Conservationists in Chile are concerned over the effect of commercial exploitation of forests...
对森林的商业开发所带来的影响让智利的自然资源保护者们感到忧心忡忡。
Whether the project will be a commercial success is still uncertain.
这个项目是否赚钱还是个未知数。
commercially
British Aerospace reckon that the plane will be commercially viable if 400 can be sold...
英国航空航天公司估计这个型号的飞机如果能卖出400架，就可实现盈利。
Insulin is produced commercially from animals...
为获利从动物体内提取胰岛素。
Designers are becoming more commercially minded.
设计者们变得更有商业意识。
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[ADJ 形容词](产品)商品化的，供市场出售的 A commercial product is made to be sold to the public.
[ADJ n]
They are the leading manufacturer in both defence and commercial products.
在军工产品和民用产品的制造方面，他们都处于领先地位。
commercially
It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
这是第一台作为商品出售的采用人工智能技术的机器。
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[ADJ 形容词](车辆)商用的 A commercial vehicle is a vehicle used for carrying goods, or passengers who pay.
[usu ADJ n]
Commercial vehicles, coaches and lorries are required by law to be fitted with tachographs.
法律规定商用车辆、长途汽车和卡车要安装转速计。
...the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a commercial passenger vessel.
商用客船最快的一次横渡大西洋
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[ADJ 形容词](电视、广播)靠广告收入维持的，商业性的Commercial television and radio are paid for by the broadcasting of advertisements, rather than by the government.
[usu ADJ n]
...Classic FM, the first national commercial radio station.
国内首家商业广播电台——经典调频
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](电影或音乐)商业化的，迎合大众口味的Commercial is used to describe something such as a film or a type of music that it is intended to be popular with the public, and is not very original or of high quality.
There's a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too commercial.
很多人都觉得音乐变得过于商业化了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](电视或电台的)商业广告 A commercial is an advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio.
The government has launched a campaign of television commercials and leaflets.
政府通过电视广告和传单的形式发起了宣传活动。
Oxford
com·mer·cial★/kəˈmɜːʃl; NAmEkəˈmɜːrʃl/
adjective
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noun
commercialcommercialsadjective★1★[usually before noun ]connected with the buying and selling of goods and services 贸易的；商业的◆the commercial heart of the city城市的商业中心◆a commercial vehicle (= one that is used for carrying goods or passengers who pay)商用车辆☞synonyms at
economic
2★[only before noun ]making or intended to make a profit 营利的；以获利为目的的◆The movie was not a commercial success (= did not make money).这部电影票房收入不佳。◆commercial baby foods市面上的婴儿食品◆the first commercial flights across the Atlantic头几次横跨大西洋的商业飞行☞synonyms at
successful
3( disapproving) more concerned with profit and being popular than with quality 偏重利润和声望的；商业化的◆Their more recent music is far too commercial.他们最近的音乐过分商业化了。4(of television or radio 电视或电台)paid for by the money charged for broadcasting advertisements 由广告收入支付的；商业性的◆a commercial radio station/TV channel商业电台╱电视频道▶com·mer·cial·ly/kəˈmɜːʃəli; NAmEkəˈmɜːrʃəli/adverb◆commercially produced/grown/developed商业化生产的╱种植的╱开发的◆The product is not yet commercially available.这种产品还没有上市。◆His invention was not commercially successful.他的发明从营利角度看并不成功。nounan advertisement on the radio or on television （电台或电视播放的）广告☞synonyms at
1related to business and the buying and selling of goods and services: Our top priorities must be profit and commercial growth.2related to the ability of a product or business to make a profit: Gibbons failed to see the commercial value of his discovery.commercial success/failure The film was a huge commercial success.3[only before noun] a commercial product is one that is produced and sold in large quantities4more concerned with money than with quality: Their music has become very commercial.5commercial radio/TV/channel etc radio or television broadcasts that are produced by companies that earn money through advertisingCOLLOCATIONSnounsa commercial bank (=one that accepts people’s money, provides loans etc)· Several large commercial banks cut their lending rates.a commercial company/organization· Many commercial companies are having financial difficulties.commercial property (=property for businesses and industry)· He decided to invest in commercial property.commercial interests (=things that bring business advantages)· The president’s reform programme threatened US commercial interests.the commercial sector (=the business part of the economy)· The commercial sector sponsors sport.the commercial market (=the market for goods)· A product like this should do well in the commercial market.commercial development (=the building of houses, hotels, restaurants etc)· The increased number of tourists has resulted in further commercial development.commercial use· The trees were planted for commercial use.commercial exploitation (=using something, especially natural resources, to make money)· the commercial exploitation of mineral resourcescommercial activity· Commercial activity in our society is highly competitive.commercial considerations/reasons/purposes· Commercial considerations must come second to conservation of the environment.a commercial transaction (=a business deal)· The deal was a straightforward commercial transaction.
commercial1 adjective
commercial2 noun
commercialcommercial2 ●●○ noun
Examples
Thesaurus
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1[countable] an advertisement on television or radio: a soap powder commercial► see thesaurus at
advertisement
2commercial break the time when advertisements are broadcast during a television or radio programme
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